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Dugdale (Sir William). The Life, Diary, and Correspondance of Sir William Dugdale, Knight, sometime Garter Principal King of Arms. With an appendix, containing an account of his published works, an index to his manuscript collections, copies of monumental inscriptions to the memory of the Dugdale family, and heraldic grants, and pedigrees. Edited by William Hamper, Esq. F.S.A., 1st edition, London: printed for Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1827, viii, 529 pp., two full-page engraved portraits of Dugdale, one leaf of facsimiles, two folding genealogical tables, some light scattered spotting, marbled edges and endpapers, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate fo W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary red half morocco, spine elaborately gilt-decorated with raised bands, unsigned, board edges rubbed, large 4to (Large Paper copy)QTY: (1)NOTE:Only 250 copies printed.

Mavor (William). Historical Account of The Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels and Discoveries from The Time of Columbus to The Present Period, 20 volumes, 1st edition, London: E. Newberry, 1796-97, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to volume 1 (with juvenile ink marks to face), folding map of the world on a Mercator projection (torn at lower folds), 34 engraved plates (including two folding to volumes 7 and 13), folding chart titled ‘Comparative Table of the Probabilities of Life in New England and Europe’ to volume 19, table of latitude and longitude around the world to volume 10, additional advertisements and index to volume 10 and 20, contemporary manuscript note ahead of title pages in volume 1 and 2, purple ink stain to leaf B and verso of leaf before that of volume 3, tears to pages F2, O6 and S6 with minor loss to text of volume 6, repaired tears to leaves O2 and O3 of volume 12, minor damp-staining throughout, loss to titles of engravings where bound, contemporary uniform tree calf, spines gilt, morocco labels, some hinges cracked, morocco volume labels on spine missing to four volumes, corners bumped, grazing to top left corner of front board to volume 13, some chipping to spines, contained in four modern cloth boxes, 12moQTY: (20)NOTE:Sabin 46982.A scarce first edition and full set in contemporary binding. William Fordyce Mavor (1758-1837) was a Scottish educationalist and tutor to the children of the Duke of Marlborough, and a prolific author who wrote books on a great number of subjects including histories, travel accounts, grammars, guidebooks, miscellanies and magazines.

Fitzgerald (Edward, translator). Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, circa 1930, title and 110 leaves in pen and ink manuscript on handmade paper, title in red and black ink, incorporated within broad illuminated border heightened in gold with foliate devices intertwined, each leaf in black ink with illuminated initial heightened with gold and extending into margins, each leaf with tissue-guard and paginated at foot, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary vellum gilt, upper cover with large gilt strapwork monogram, folio (38 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate), to which it was sold by Fred A. Jordan of Brighton in 1958 (loosely inserted typed letter).A sumptuous manuscript copy of the Rubáiyat, written in manuscript by an unknown artist. Within the letter from Fred A. Jordan to William Foyle, the artist is described as 'a crippled man who was an expert on illumination of documents... The work took several weeks and I then had it bound in vellum. I was so pleased with the work that he did another work for me of my favourite quotations which I am retaining'.

* Liber Amicorum of Richard Tate. Compiled while a student at the University of Copenhagen, April to October 1648, 112 leaves including blanks, a total of 41 leaves (50 pages) with manuscript inscriptions, signed ownership inscription to front pastedown, 'Amicorum, Fautorumque Danorum Album, R Tatij' [Album of the Danish friends and patrons of R[ichard] Tate], later pencil note beneath, ‘to the care of the Rector of Kirby Misperton, Pickering, Yorkshire’, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle (detached), contemporary vellum with yapp edges, embossed ownership name in capitals of Richard Tatius and Latin date 1648 to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, oblong 8vo (108 x 140 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Richard Tate (c. 1625-1680), ownership inscription and embossed name to upper cover. Inserted in the volume is a note of c. 1920 that this is one of two books – ‘the other is in the church chest’ – given to Archdeacon [Willliam Henry] Hutchings, rector of Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire from 1884 to [19]19 ‘concerning the Rev Richard Tate rector of Kirby Misperton in the 16th century. They are interesting and should be kept in the church chest’. Tate was in fact never rector of Kirby, but did serve there as schoolmaster from 1661. W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The volume contains brief messages from the faculty of Copenhagen University, the staff of colleges at Roskilde and Køge, five bishops and the incumbents of churches in the city of Copenhagen. Most signatories identify themselves by their office but when they fail to do, Tate had added that information in his distinctive hand.Among the signatories is Ole Worm (13 May 1588 – 31 August 1654), a Danish physician and polymath and founder of the Wormian Museum, who taught Greek, Latin, physics and medicine; Thomas Bang (1600-1661), professor of Hebrew and then of theology, and in his later years Keeper of the Royal Library; the bishops of Aalborg, Lund (Skåne), Ribe, Viborg and Zealand, and Thomas Lindeman, the German pastor at Copenhagen. Almost all the contributors display their erudition by heading their entry with a biblical or classical quotation in Latin, Greek, Hebrew or Arabic.The inscriptions are generally flattering of Tate’s character and learning, and some describe him as a candidate of philosophy and theology. Tate maintained the book during the first ten months of 1648, and almost from the beginning the signatories express good wishes for his safe return to England. Unless he made several journeys home, it should perhaps be assumed that Tate spent what was perhaps his last year in Denmark collecting the signatures.On 1 September 1648 Thomas Bang wrote introducing himself to John Selden (1584–1654, lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar). The letter was to be carried by Richard Tate, a student of sound learning, an Englishman ‘but hitherto a Dane by residence, and by breeding in liberal studies’; he assures Selden will not regret any favour shown to Tate, to whom any reply can be entrusted. The entries in Tate’s Liber show little space for a journey to England and back in the September of 1648. Bang wrote again to Selden on 2 May 1652, expressing Tate’s desire again to be his messenger, to which he has agreed on account of Tate’s ‘irreproachable life among them’ (Seaton).If the identification in Alumni is correct, Richard Tate matriculated at King's Cambridge in 1640, received a BA in 1645 and an MA from Magdalene in 1649, and was licensed as a schoolmaster at Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire (to which the book was presented under the misapprehension that he had been its rector) on 2 August 1661. He was ordained priest by archbishop Accepted Frewen on 17 August 1662, licensed to preach as curate on 23 September and on 14 November inducted as rector of Bilton, just outside York; he was buried there on 1 May 1680. Tate was the father of Matthew Tate (1662-1759), who served several livings in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire. The origins of the family have not been established.See Ethel Seaton, ‘John Selden in contact with Scandinavia’; Saga-Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research 12 (1937-1945), 261-71.

Scoones (William Baptiste, editor). Four Centuries of English Letters..., 3 volumes, signed by the editor, New York: Harper & Brothers,1880, volume 1 signed by the editor to top of title, portrait frontispiece to each volume, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 217 portraits, 77 views, 6 folding plates and two manuscript letters, lacking titles to volumes 2 and 3 supplied in manuscript facsimile, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt and faded, 8vo, together with:Rawnsley (Hardwicke Drummond). Literary Associations of the English Lakes, 2 volumes, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1901, 32 plates (including 11 folding) and extra-illustrated with the addition of 160 contemporary plates of views and portraits from early sources, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, bookplate of Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn to front pastedown, top edge gilt, blue half morocco, spines elaborately decorated with ornamental panels, spines slightly faded, edges slightly bumped, 8vo, plusLockhart (John Gibson). Life of Robert Burns, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Constable and Co, 1828, portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 23 portraits and 27 views, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper, all edges gilt, 20th-century maroon morocco by Root & Son, spine and boards gilt decorated with ornamental panels enclosing central and corner thistle motifs, gilt turn-ins, 8vo, andStorer (J.) & Greg (I.). The Antiquarian Itinerary, Comprising Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic: With other Vestiges of Antiquity in Great Britain..., 7 volumes, London: W. M. Clarke, J. Murray, S. Bagster, et al.,1815-18, engraved frontispiece to each volume plus 321 engraved views and numerous woodcut text illustrations, some offsetting, bookplate of Herbert Henry Raphael to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform maroon morocco, gilt spines, blind stamped and gilt tooled boards, gilt spines, gilt turn-ins, head caps scuffed, small 8vo QTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond), Scoones (W Baptiste, editor) and Lockhart (J. G.).Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond).Herbert Henry Raphael (bookplate) for Storer (J.) & Greg (I.). Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941) was an English novelist known for his short stories, plays and literary series, including the "Herries Chronicles" which explored the lives of the Herries family in the Lake District across multiple generations. Major Sir Herbert Henry Raphael (1859-1924) was a British politician and barrister who served as a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. Raphael focused on social reforms, particularly in education and housing, and was involved in charitable work, especially within Jewish causes.

* Henry VIII. Great Seal of Henry VIII attached to a Letters Patent, Westminster, 18 May 1545, Latin manuscript on vellum, granting a licence to Christopher Gonson to alienate to Benedicta Gonson, the lands, meadows, pastures, called 'Spyttellane' in the Parish of St Peter, Malden, Essex, the Grange house, a garden, oxhouse, etc., in the said parish and late belonging to the late Monastery of Byeleigh [Beeleigh], with memorandum at foot, that Anthony Gonson has sworn that the tenements do not exceed the clear yearly value of £5.8.10, notational mark of R. Powle, countersigned by Robert Southwell, endorsed with memorandum of enrollment in the memoranda of the exchequer, 38 [Henry VIII] among (Recordea) of Trinity, white wax impression of the Great Seal appended, chipped at edges and verso heavily rubbedQTY: (1)

Verstegan (Richard). A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In Antiquities Concerning the Most Noble and Renowned English Nation, London: John Bill, 1628, title in red and black with engraved illustration, engraved illustrations to text, some toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel H. M. Lieutenant of Flintshire to upper pastedown pasted over earlier bookplate, and manuscript annotation 'Ex libris Brent Grafton-Maxfield, 1972', 20th-century calf, contrasting morocco labels to spine, upper joint slightly cracked and frayed at head of spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Brent Grafton-Maxfield.STC 21362.

[LA FEUILLADE, François Aubusson de]. Journal de l'expedition de Monsieur de la Feuillade, pour le secours de Candie. Par un volontaire. Lyon: Chez Jean Thioly, 1669, [8], 198, [2] pp., woodcut printer's device to title-page, several woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking the engraved folding plan of the fortifications of Candia, (20 x 28.5 cm), marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later crushed dark green full morocco (by Ramage), with gilt figure of a Cretan girl to upper cover and Turkish sultan to lower cover, with binder's blindstamped monogram to foot of each (a handwritten note in ink to verso of front endpaper by the binder, states 'Here is a lady, armed only with her beauty, subduing the armed Turk. C. E. Stewart. London May 1919'), spine lightly rubbed and a little dulled, 12mo, together with Arnaud (Francois-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d'). Sargines. Nouvelle par M. D'Arnaud, Paris: [Didot?], 1781, [2], 130pp., Top edge gilt, late 19th or early 20th-century, gilt-decorated, straight-grained, plum full Morocco with gilt motifs to upper and lower cover of a Knight at Arms and an undressed lady to upper and lower cover, each with binders, blind stamped, monogram of CE Stewart to foot of each, with manuscript inscription to front blank by the binder in ink “I have decorated this copy of Sergines, 1781 with the Knight at Arms returning to his dear Ladye. CE Stewart. Nice. 18. December 1924”, a little rubbed and scuffed to extremities, 12moQTY: (2)NOTE:La Feuillade: Blackmer 859; Goldsmith, BMC STC French E-575; WorldCat (3 copies); not in Atabey or Barbier.Rare first edition of a journal of an expedition to Candia (Crete), commanded by François d'Aubusson, duc de la Feuillade (1625-1691), to assist the Venetians during the long siege of Candia (1645-1669) by the Ottoman Turks. De la Feuillade had already fought the Ottoman forces at the Battle of St. Gothard in 1664 and volunteered to help. With assistance from Pope Clement IX he equipped 500 men at his own expense. The work gives an account of the Cretan war and also contains some valuable information on the Greek Orthodox Church.

Essex. Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (1559-1619). Manuscript survey of estates in Essex, no date [c. 1610 and later], [7], [485] pages (numbered 1-480), index and blanks at front, further blanks at rear, the majority in three or more neat secretary hands, three later continuations, one of them signed in five places by William Wyseman, annotations in a number of contemporary hands, armorial bookplate of Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester and Kimbolton Castle shelfmark ticket, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, all to front pastedown, contemporary calf, one metal clasp (lacks three), some rubbing and edge wear, neatly rebacked with two title labels in compartments, some professional edge and corner restoration, folio (440 x 290 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick; Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (bookplate and Kimbolton Castle shelfmark label); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate); The Library of William Foyle (Christie’s London, 13 July 2000, lot 318). The survey provides rentals, court rolls, tenures, liberties and other details of Rich's property in Braintree, Rochford, Rayleigh, Great Waltham, Hatfield Broad Oak, South Shoebury and other parishes in Essex, as well as documents relating to titles and 'offices after the death' of members of the Rich family and others. The latest documents transcribed are dated 1610.Robert Rich is best known as husband to Penelope Rich, Sir Philip Sidney's 'Stella' (who in the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella had 'no misfortune but that rich she is'); the two divorced in 1605. Rich was one of the wealthiest men in the kingdom, and, apparently for that reason, was created Earl of Warwick on 6 August 1618, and died on 24 March following. The manuscript is likely to have passed to the Earls (later Dukes) of Manchester through Anne, daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, who married Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, in 1626.

Bacon (Francis). Historia vitae et mortis Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio, Amsterdam: Joannes van Revesteyn, 1663, 201, [47] pp., bound with Phaenomena universi sive historia naturalis & experimentalis de ventis, Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, [14], 99, [13] pp., title printed in red and black, bound with De Sapientia Veterum, new edition, Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, 1696, 117, [2] pp., a little soiling and marginal damp staining to first work, title near detached, all uncut, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, contemporary blue-grey boards with plain spine lettered in manuscript, some soiling and wear, joints cracked, 12mo (143 x 78 mm), preserved in a red half morocco gilt chemise with yapp edges and matching marbled slipcaseQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Gibson 151, 112 & 93 respectively. An unusual survival of uncut copies in contemporary boards.

Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species…, London: John Murray, 1897, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine fully gilt with morocco labels, 8vo, together with:Hudson (William Henry). Nature in Downland, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900, frontispiece, title in red and black, numerous black and white illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half calf by Bayntun Rivière of Bath, spine gilt, graze to top right side of front board, 8vo, plusMurray (John) and Hjort (Johan). The Depths of the Ocean, A General Account of the Modern Science of Oceanography Based Largely On the Scientific Researches of the Norwegian Steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic, London: Macmillan and Co, 1912, portrait frontispiece, folding maps and many text illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary green half morocco by Morrell, gilt spines, 8vo, plusCheshire (Frank R.). Bees & Bee Keeping…, 2 volumes, circa 1880, London: L. Upcot Gilll, engraved frontispieces, many text illustrations, contemporary owner's manuscript signature to volume two, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edges gilt, near contemporary navy morocco, spines gilt and slightly faded, 8vo, plusBean (William Jackson). Trees and Shrubs, Hardy in the British Isles, 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1950-1951, numerous illustrations to each volume, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, spines slightly faded, 8vo, plusJekyll (Gertrude). Wood and Garden…, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901, title page in red and black, 71 photographic illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco by Otto Schulze of Edinburgh, spine and sides extensively decorated with floral ornamentation with red morocco inlays, 8vo, and 7 others bound in red, green and blue morocco and calf gilt including; The Country Life Library, Roses for English Gardens…, by Jekyll & Mawley, London: George Newnes, 1902, 8vo, Fifty Years of Fox Hunting by John Malsbury Kirby Elliot, London: Horace Cox, 1900, 8vo, Flowers of the Field by Charles Alexander Johns, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1949, 8vo, The Bird, Its Form and Function by C. William Beebe, London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1907, 8vo, Birds and Man by William Henry Hudson, London: Duckworth & Co, 1920, 8vo, Flora of the British Isles by A. R. Clapham et al Cambridge University Press, 1957, 8vo, Fishing from the Earliest Times by William Radcliffe, London: John Murray, 1921, 8vo QTY: (16)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for all except Elliot.

Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, 2 volumes bound in 3, London: T. Rickaby, 1793, extra-illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece and title page with vignettes to each volume, extra-illustrated with a total of 51 plates including 15 engravings (2 folding) after William Hogarth and 36 17th to 19th-century additional portraits of historical individuals such as Martin Luther, Homer and Richard Cromwell, mostly trimmed and laid on later wove paper or window mounted, plus numerous vignettes throughout, later endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, engraved bookplate of John Caillaud Esq to front endpaper of volume 1 part 1, top edges gilt and remainder uncut, early 20th-century green half morocco by L. Broca, elaborate gilt decoration to spines, spines slightly faded, volume 1 part 2 bumped with slight wear to extremities, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: J. Caillaud, Aston Rowant (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Brigadier-General John Caillaud (1726 - 1812) was Commander-in-Chief, India and retired to Aston Rowant in Oxfordshire. A manuscript note by a ‘JB’ under the Caillaud bookplate describes how Caillaud gifted this particular copy to him two years before his death.Edition limited to 200 copies.

Francis of Assisi (Saint). Fioretti, Venice: per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia, 22 November 1484, 62 (of 64) unnumbered leaves, a1-h8, with a1 (recto blank, verso with full-page woodcut of the Crucifixion) and a8 supplied in later facsimile on matching pale cream laid paper, lacking leaves h2 and h3 towards end, colophon to final leaf 'A honore de Dio & de la gloriosa verzene maria e de miser sancto francesco e impressa questa devota opera in Venetia per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia. del Mcccclxxxiiii, a di. xxii. de novembrio', with printer's woodcut device, a2 with old partly erased oval library inkstamp to lower outer corner (not legible), and with later paper repairs to upper blank margin and lower outer blank corner, occasional minor marginal marks, burgundy gilt-decorated burgundy label of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th century antique-style blind- and gilt-decorated light brown full calf, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Pellechet 4812 (who records only the copy in the Bibliothèque Nationale, lacking a2); no copy in the British Museum or in America; Reichling, IV, 1214; L. Manzoni, I Fioretti di Sancto Franciescho (Rome: E. Loescher, 1902), p.125.Only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1954), when it was bought by Foyle (the present copy).The Fioretti, or Little Flowers of Saint Francis of Assisi is the title given to a classic collection of popular legends about the life of St. Francis of Assisi and his early companions, being a translation into Italian of the latin text Actus B. Francisci et Sociorum Ejus (the earliest extant manuscript version of which is dated 1390). The Italian text, one of the most delightful literary works of the Middle Ages, is thought to be by the Tuscan friar Ugolino Brunforte.

Bouchot (Henri). The Book: its Printers, Illustrators and Binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. With a treatise on the art of collecting and describing early printed books, and a Latin-English and English-Latin topographical index of the earliest printing places. Edited by H. Grevel, Extra-Illustrated copy, expanded to 3 volumes, London: H. Grevel & Co., 1890, 172 monochrome illustrations to text (as issued), additional manuscript title to each volume inserted, in black ink with light blue wash (first volume retains the original printed title), and approximately 350 additional illustrations, including title pages, woodcuts, portraits, sample pages, printer's devises, colour reproductions of bindings and illuminated manuscripts (mostly in chromolithography), etc., dating from the 15th, 16th,17th,18th and 19th century, marbled endpapers, gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary three-quarter red crushed morocco gilt, a little rubbed to joints and outer corners, large 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An exceptionally fine and carefully re-presented copy of Bouchot's classic work, significantly enhanced by the addition of 350 additional examples of early printing.A short typewritten description of the volume list the various types of illustrations added to this copy: 'about 87 old engraved portraits, about 35 other portraits, about 62 engraved title pages or other leaves from original old books, about 51 printer's devices from original books, about 60 original engravings and woodcuts from old books, about 14 reproductions of bindings, about 6 reproductions from illuminated manuscripts, about 34 other illustrations'. One of the earliest specimens is an early woodcut or xylographic illustration printed in brown, possibly depicting the Three Wise Men, inscribed in a 17th-century hand in brown ink to verso 'Mom Britium Mediolanensis' (a reference to the Italian humanist Boninus Mombritius (circa 1424-1502), who edited a number of early texts including the Santuarium seu Vitae Sanctorum).Early woodcut and engraved portraits include Lorenzo Coster by Larmessin after Van Campen. An engraved portrait of Burchiello by Ascanio Lucani, engraved portrait of Sebastian Brant, Pico della Mirandola by De Bry (1650), Maximilian of Austria by De Jode after Lucas van Leyden, circa 1620, woodcut colophon portrait John Day (1562), engraved portrait of Nicolaus Bruyant by Pontius after Van Dyck.Engraved title pages include De Ortu et Progressu Artis Typographicae (1639), the title page to the libro secondo of Reucelli's Imprese Illustri, a leaf from an incunable German hand-coloured illustrated bible, the title page to Abbot Rupert's Commentariorum in Evangelium Johannis, (Birkman, 1533, Sabelicus, Historie Vinitiane, Venice 1554, Drexelius, Rosae Selectissimarum Virtutum, Antwerp, 1636, Andreas de Novo Castro, Primum scriptum Sententiarum, Paris: Jean Granion, 1512, Arthur Lake's sermon preached at Paul's Crosse, London: William Stansby, 1629, Thomas Taylor, The Parable of the Sower, 3rd edition, 1634

French Manuscript Prayer Book. Meditations Christien [sic], Rouen, 16th century, 76 vellum leaves including initial and final blank and title, rubricated manuscript in French with calligraphic 2- or 3-line initials in red throughout, first page of text begins, 'Meditations Christiennes sur toutes les heures de la passion de nostre benoist sauveur et redempteur Jesuchrist...', a few with minor shaving at fore-edges, later neat 12-line ink inscription in Latin titled 'Creationis' to final text leaf verso, a little dust-soiling at front and rear, gauffered edges, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle to front pastedown, 19th-century vellum gilt with red morocco spine labels (title label chipped), small 8vo (140 x 93 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

* Henry VIII. Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Henry VIII, Westminster, 1 May 1529, attached to an exemplification of common recovery of land at Tillingham, Gladwell-next-the Sea, Maylonde, Althorne and Lachyngdon, Latin manuscript on vellum, large calligraphic initial incorporating the head of the King in profile, 29 x 46 cm, fine wax impression of the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas appended, together with another similar with the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Queen Elizabeth I appended, 12 February 1579, an exemplification concerning land at Matching in Essex, 29 x 48 cm, wax impression of the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas appended, slightly chipped at head but overall very goodQTY: (2)

Manuscript Commonplace Book. Excerpta ex auctis Graecis & Excepta ex auctis Latinis [so titled to spines], compiled by Thomas Tarne and Edward Wilkinson, 2 volumes, circa 1640-1710, 273 pages of manuscript text in brown ink to first volume (Auctis Graecis, including some blank leaves), 259 pages of manuscript text in brown ink to second volume (Auctis Latinis, including four unnumbered pages at front), 10 stipple engraved portraits (five to each volume) of classical authors (Xenophon, Demosthenes, Lycurgus, Lysander and Alcibiades, Solon, Themistocles, Pericles, Hippocrates and Leonidas) by J. Chapman added at a later date (with imprint London, Published by J. Wilkes, 1807-09), including two portraits coloured, the first volume bears a title to head of first (unnumbered) page of manuscript 'Apopthegmata sparsis collecta', and has a shaped or geometric title (bearing the date 1640) at the first numbered page 'Quaedam ex Authoribus Graecis notatu dignissima excepta et in Locos sibi pprios digesta', the final leaf of this volume bears the names of the presumed compilers Thomas Tarne and Edward Wilkinson, index to each volume at end, pencil notes at front of each volume indicating that the volumes were given by 'Eric and Edward Trevor-Jones, Downside 1914 to A. J. Ellison of the same', 18th century engraved armorial bookplate of William Lee Esq. pasted to front endpaper of each volume, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, early 20th century brown crushed half morocco (by E. Greenhill), endpapers renewed, spines lettered in gilt, square 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: William Lee (1688-1754), judge; Eric and Edward Trever-Jones, Downside Abbey, by 1914; by whom gifted to A. J. Ellison, Downside Abbey (pencil note); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Sir William Lee was appointed Latin secretary to King George I in 1718, and ten years later was named attorney-general to Frederick Prince of Wales. In 1727 he was elected to Parliament for Chipping Wycombe through his family's interest, and served until he was appointed a puisne justice of the King's Bench in 1730. He became Lord Chief Justice in 1737, succeeding his friend and colleague Lord Hardwicke. Lee served as Lord Chief Justice until his death, and was praised for his ability and impartiality as a judge. His court ruled that women who paid parish rates were entitled to vote in elections of parish officers. Lee presided at several of the treason trials of Jacobite rebels held by the special commission at Southwark in 1746.A substantial collection of maxims, aphorisms and other quotations from classical authors arranged under headings, mostly in Latin and Greek, with an occasional entry or note in English. The headings include: (from the volume of Greek authors) De Deo, De Temperantia & Intemperantia, De Adversitate & Prosperitate, De Doctrina & Ignorantia, De Anima, De Arrogantia & Modestia, De Contentatione & Avaritia, De Liberalitate & Beneficiis, De Somno & Vigilia, De Humanitate & Crudelitate, De Lingua & Multiloquio, De Adolescentia & Senectute, as well as transcriptions of Augustini Mascardi, Dissertationes Romanae de Afffectibus and Prolusiones Ethicae, Famianus Strada de Bello Belgico, Quintiliani, Oratoriae Institutiones, Seneca, and Alexander Neville (1544-1614), Ketto, Lucan's Pharsalia, with the notes of Thomas Farnaby (this text bearing the date April 18, 1644), Nicolai Causini de Eloquentia, plus a few theological notes in English, apparently taken from sermons given in Exeter in 1687 and 1688, according to the entries; (second volume) De Temperantia, De Fama & Infamia, De Forma & Deformatate, De Stultitia, De Doctrina, De Ignorantia, De Scriptione & Stylo, De Vertute, De Vitio, De Arrogantia & Modestia, De Fortitudine & Extremis, De Liberalitate & Beneficiis, De Labore, De Severitate & Lenitate, De Pace & Bello, De Concordia, De Amore & Odio, De Perfidia, De Castitate & Lascivia, De Infantia & Pueritia, De Aeducatione, De Parentibus & Liberis, De Vita, De Morte, De Rege, De Authoritate, De Mulieribus, De Philosophia, De Poetis, De Musica, De Re-publica, De Patria & Exilio followed by transcriptions of Suetonius, Historiae dated April 17 1644.

Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, carefully revised with notes by F.S.A The life of the poet and critical essays on the plays by William Watkiss Lloyd M.R.S.I, 10 volumes, London; Bell and Daulby, 1856, wood-engraved title page vignettes to each volume, portrait frontispiece to first volume, bookplate of Alexander Stone to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary red full morocco by M.M. Holloway, gilt lettering and tooling to spines, gilt ruled boards, minimal rubbing to joints and extremities, 8vo, together with:Hazlitt (W. Carew). Shakespeare Jest-Books; reprints of the early and very rare Jest-Books supposed to have been used by Shakespeare, 3 volumes, London: Woolis & Sotherland, 1864, top edge gilt-decorated burgundy morocco bookplate of W.A Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to frontpaste down of each volume, top edge gilt, later blue half levant (by Riviere), gilt extra, 8vo, plus Lee (Sidney). A life of William Shakespeare (Illustrated Library Edition), London; Smith, Elder, & CO., 1899, illustrated with 159 engraved plates and illustrations, with an additional manuscript title page to each volume, and manuscript index to rear of second volume, the additional title pages read: enlarged into two volumes and further illustrated by the insertion of one hundred and fifty-nine, engraved and other plates (including 30 portraits of the poet, of persons, views, & connected with his life & works, together with an addendum, being recent Shakespearian Discoveries by CW Wallace, Ph.D., and the Troon History of the Stratford Bust by Mrs. C. Stopes, Conway House, Erdington, 1919) additional illustrations (mostly 19th century), including some early 17th century engravings (Robert L.d. Dudley Earle of Leicester, Gualterus Devereus COM. SXCI Essexiae, small map of Warwickshire c.1600, etc.), gilt-decorated, red morrocco book plate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary Arts & Crafts style, crushed brown half morocco gilt, spine gilt lettered and decorated in compartments, large 8voQTY: (15)

Donovan (Edward). Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire, in the Year 1804, and the four preceding Summers, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1805, 31 hand-coloured aquatint plates (complete as list), occasional light offsetting and minor scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century light brown calf by Root & Son, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, spines and extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:[Muilman, Peter]. A New and Complete History of Essex, from a late Survey; Compared with the most celebrated Historians..., By a Gentleman, 6 volumes, Chelmsford: Printed and sold by Lionel Hassall, 1769-72, 52 engraved plates (including 23 folding) and 3 folding engraved maps, early inscription to fore-margin of leaf 2S1 in final volume '10th May 1773, Reced. of Mrs Mary Hasell five shillings dury for the 69th no. of the History of Essex containing two sheets and an half ... Thos. Daniel Distribr. of stamps for county of Essex', some light offsetting and minor spotting, armorial bookplate of William Harrison and red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary faintly diced calf gilt, gilt armorial and monogram of Theodore Williams (1785-1875) to centre of boards, volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, head of spine to volume 4 torn with loss at head, joints split at head of joints to volume 6, 8vo,Coker (John). A Survey of Dorsetshire. Containing the Antiquities and Natural History of that County. With a Particular Description of all the Places of Note, and Antient Seats..., London: J. Wilcox, S. Palmer and J. Huggonson, 1732, folding engraved map frontispiece, six engraved plates of armorials bearings, browning and spotting throughout (mostly to leaves of text), three leaves of late 19th-century manuscript pedigree notes tipped-in at front, bookplate of John Benett of Norton Bavant & Pythouse dated 1937 to upper pastedown, edges untrimmed, early 20th-century dark green half sheep, red morocco title label to spine and simple gilt motif to each compartment, light wear mostly to joints, folio,Willis (Browne). A Survey of the Cathedral of St. David's..., London: R. Gosling, 1717, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Landaff..., London: R. Gosling, 1719, 3 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of St. Asaph..., London: R. Gosling, 1720, 2 folding engraved plates, plus A Survey of the Cathedral of Bangor..., London: R. Gosling, 1721, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional spotting, each volume with bookplate to front pastedown of Charles W. G. Howard, the gift of the Rt. Hon. Sir David Dundas Knt. of Ochtertyre 1877 and to front free endpaper the red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, each in contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, morocco title label to spine of each, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century topographyQTY: (15)

Radcliffe (Ann, 1764-1823). St Alban’s Abbey. A Metrical Romance [in Ten Cantos] by Mrs. Radcliffe, Authoress of The Mysteries of Udolpho, contemporary manuscript copy, circa 1830, [332] pages including title and 31 pages of notes in the same neat hand at rear, paper watermarked 1827, 4 watercolours and 2 pen and ink drawings (initialled E. A. M. M.) bound in, later marginal pencil marks, a few leaves browned, later ownership gift inscription and version of Thomas More’s Prayer for Good Humour (‘Give us a good digestion Lord and also something to digest…’) to modern front flyleaves, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, 20th-century navy morocco gilt by H. Harley, small 4to (200 x 160 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Alfred Ellison (gift inscription from C. Liddell, 30 October 1943); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Ann Radcliffe is best known for her Gothic novels, especially The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian. After her death her books influenced authors such as Mary Shelley, Sir Walter Scott, Edgar Allen Poe and The Brontë Sisters. Her poetry, however, is less well known and little attention seems to have been paid to this ‘Metrical Tale’ which was first published after her death as part of her Posthumous Works, [with a Memoir of the Author by Thomas Noon Talfourd], 4 volumes, (London: Henry Colburn, 1826). The poem deals mainly with the War of the Roses and the Battle of St Albans, but the first Canto is devoted to the Abbey itself, its history and its present state. The transcriber of this fair copy is unidentified but the text conforms to the one published across volumes 3 & 4 of the Posthumous Works. The references for the Notes at the end are the same but the wording in the manuscript varies with the printed version and is often briefer.

Fore-edge paintings. Johnson (Samuel). The Works of Alexander Pope Esq in verse and prose with a selection of explanatory notes and the account of his life by Dr Johnson, 8 volumes, London: Nichols and Son, Rivington (F. C & J) et al., 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece of Pope, title page, very slight spotting, contemporary manuscript owner signature to initial front blank, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown to each volume, all edges gilt, each volume with a contemporary fore-edge painting of a scene in London with pencil identification to front flyleaves, 19th-century burgundy straight-grain morocco, decorated gilt spines, gilt rolled borders to boards, slight wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The scenes depicted on the fore-edges are; St James's Palace, St Paul's Church (Covent Garden), London Bridge, Vauxhall Bridge, view of London from Hackney Marsh, Kensington Palace, Charterhouse, and St Pauls from Embankment.

* Shakespeare (William, 1564-1616). The ‘Chandos’ Portrait of William Shakespeare, after John Taylor, early-mid 19th century, oil on canvas, oval head and shoulders portrait of the playwright within feigned oval, some small surface marks and craquelure overall, re-lined, old Christie's auction stencil S22RE to stretcher, 65 x 49.5 cm (25 5/8 x 19 1/2 ins), framed (87 x 71 cm), with engraved title plaque to lower edge, verso with remains of late 19th century printed exhibition label for 'The Tudor, New Gallery' annotated in manuscript 'Shakespeare' and lent by 'The Earl of War[wick]'QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.A copy of the famous Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, formerly in the Earl of Warwick's Shakespeare collection at Warwick Castle.The only portrait of Shakespeare that has a good claim to have been painted from life, the Chandos picture is thought to have been painted by John Taylor (circa 1580-1653) between 1600 and 1610. It is listed as the first work in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, having been given to the Gallery on its foundation in 1856, and it is named after the 3rd Duke of Chandos, who formerly owned the painting.The Earl of Warwick referred to on the exhibition label is the bibliophile, collector, and Shakespeare enthusiast George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick (1818-1893). Greville, a Tory MP, spent much of the years between 1852 and 1870 assembling at Warwick Castle an impressive collection of books, manuscripts and paintings relating to Shakespeare. He was a frequent customer of the Shakespearean scholar and collector James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889), one of the pre-eminent bibliographer-booksellers of Shakespeare of his day. Halliwell-Phillipps co-founded the Shakespeare Society when he was only 22, and he later sold to the British Museum the then second known copy of the 1603 Hamlet and a mortgage deed signed by the playwright himself. The Folger Shakespeare Library purchased the Warwick Castle Shakespeare Library in 1897; the transaction was Henry Folger’s first major purchase of a collection. The exhibition label on the back of the present work would appear to refer to the 1890 Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor at The New Gallery in Regent Street. Number 392 in this exhibition was a half-length portrait of Shakespeare belonging to the Earl of Warwick, although this painting showed the playwright 'half-length, to right, black doublet, lace ruff and cuffs, right hand on hip, left hand holding gloves: on background, shield of arms ... '.

Chambers (R., editor). The Book of Days. Illustrated with numerous portraits, views etc., relating to each month of the year. Collected from numberless sources, 12 volumes, London: printed by W. Davy at the Dryden Press for his friend James Gibbs, 1872, additional half-title and letterpress title printed in red and black to each volume, the two original printed titles (Chambers, 1869) bound in, extensively extra-illustrated with over 2000 engraved plates, portraits, wood-engravings, advertisements, playbills, pamphlets, press cuttings, periodical extracts, fashion plates and other illustrations, each volume representing a month of the year, mostly 17th, 18th and 19th century, but including a few earlier, some hand-coloured or printed in colour, some double-page or folding, the majority neatly trimmed, window-mounted and inlaid to uniform size, a few with manuscript annotations or captions, various sizes, one or two plates with slight repairs, a few light spots, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary uniform crimson half morocco gilt, each volume stamped in gilt to upper cover 'Cecil C. Balfour, light edge wear and some marks, thick 4to, 27.5 x 19 x 7.5 cmQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: Cecil C. Balfour (1849-1881); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Specially bound for Cecil C. Balfour (1849-1881), with his name stamped in gilt to the upper cover of each volume. His elder brother Arthur Balfour was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905, and is best known for the 'Balfour Declaration' of 1917, which ultimately led to the creation of the state of Israel.The wide range of unusual and entertaining extra illustrations include allegorical, pastoral, natural history, literary, social, sporting and political subjects.Amongst the earlier Old Master prints are Mercurius by Jan Sadeler and Maarten de Vos, 1585 (Hollstein 523), Hyems by Jacob Matham after Goltzius, 1589, January ('Dum glacialis...') by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585, a 15th century illuminated leaf on vellum with border decoration of flowers and 14-line illumination of a saint raising a man from the dead in gold and colours, Martius by Jan Collaert, circa 1609/10, Scaramouche, circa 1700, an early copper engraved version of Durer's Annunciation (from the Small Passion), probably late 16th or early 17th century, etc.Prints from the 18th and 19th centuries include a lithographic portrait of W. A. Mozart by Adoph Friedrich Kunike, circa 1820, a small stipple engraved oval portrait of Ignatius Sancho, by Bartolozzi after Gainsborough, an engraved portrait of Phillis Wheatley, nego servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, 1773, Gall & Spurzheim's Symbolical Head (in colour), a sepia aquatint view of the High Street from the Country Market Place, Philidelphia, a large colour aquatint entitled Boxing Match for One Hundred Pounds, 1818, etc.

Elzevir Press. De Imperio Magni Mogolis sive India vera commentarius, Leiden: Elzevir, 1631, engraved title, engraved illustration, a little minor spotting, bookplates and ink stamp at front, contemporary vellum, light soiling, 12mo, together with Somner (William). Julii Caesaris Portus Iccius Illustratus: sive 1. Gulielmi Somneri ad chiffletii librum de Porto Iccio, responsio; nunc primum ex MS. edita. 2. Carolo du Fresne dissertio de Porta Iccio. Tractatum utrumque Latine vertit, & nova dissertatione auxit Edmundis Gibson, 1st edition, Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1694, folding engraved map, a little marginal fraying and dust-soiling, manuscript initials to last leaf and bookplate of William Borlase (1696-1772, antiquary, naturalist and geologist), additional bookplate of Rev. Prebendary Hedgeland, later calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Menestrier (P. F. C.). La Nouvelle Methode Raisonee du Blason, pour l'apprendre d'une maniere aises, reduite en lecops, par demandes & par responses, Lyon: Jacques Lions, 1718, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 32 hand-coloured plates, illustrations, some coloured, ink annotations to table and final leaf verso, occasional water stains, previous owner signature of John Woodward, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, modern calf, spine faded, 8vo, with Solitudo Norbertina, sive Exercitia Spiritualia, by Friedrich Herlet, 1694QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates for the two last titles); Willems 354 for first title; Wing S4666 for the second.

* Ferrers (George, c. 1500-1579), courtier and writer. Document Signed, 'George Ferrers', 1 April 1562, Latin manuscript deed of gift on vellum, calligraphic initial letter, granting, in conjunction with Walter Birchmow, three half-acres of land adjoining Bass Lane in Caddington, Bedfordshire, to Radulph Osmund of Markyate for the sum of 50 shillings, additionally signed by Birchmow with two red wax seals appended (both chipped with some loss), a little soiled, endorsed, 160 x 340 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Christies, London, The Library of William Foyle, 13 July 2000, lot 310.A letter from J. P. Gilson, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum, 30 January 1926, is included with the lot. Replying to the unidentified correspondents Gilson states: 'All that we have connected with Ferrers is a MS (Cotton MS. Cleop.A.XI) of Berteville's account of the expedition into Scotland, 1547, given by the author to Edward VI and by him to Ferrers' and noting that the inscription may or may not be Ferrers' autograph.George Ferrers was a courtier and writer, and as a writer he is best remembered for his contributions to The Mirror for Magistrates. He apparently wrote plays for court performance but none were published and no manuscripts are extant.Ferrers also played a key role in the development of parliamentary privilege. While sitting as a member of parliament for Plymouth in 1542 he was arrested for a debt and put in a debtors' prison in Bread Street. The arrest had been effected while he was on his way to the House of Commons, and Ferrers' fellow members ordered the Serjeant-at-Arms to obtain Ferrers' release. Eventually, the matter was referred to the Privy Council, and the King claimed privilege for his servants' attendance upon the business of parliament and thus the 'Ferrers Case' established the immunity of members of the Commons from civil arrest while the House was in session.A rare autograph and accompanying seal.

Brookes (Richard). The General Gazetteer; or, compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing a description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces..., in the Known World, 16th edition, London: F. C. and J. Rivington, G. Wilkie, W. Lowndes, et al., 1815, 8 folding maps including folding double hemisphere world frontispiece, some offsetting to frontispiece, faint ink stamp name to title, old calf boards, skilfully re-backed preserving backstrip and label, gilt ruled, corners bumped, 8vo, together with: Holcroft (Thomas). Travels from Hamburg through Westphalia, Holland, and The Netherlands, to Paris..., 2 volumes, London: Richard Phillips, 1804, 12 folding engraved views, tears and crude repairs to folds and margins, some plates creased, some trimmed with spotting, contemporary large ink ownership inscription written vertically to inner margin of titles, 'Ex Lib: Bibl: Scrivar: Sig: Reg:', 20th-century shelfmark labels to front pastedown, contemporary calf boards, blind embossed stamps of The Society of Writers to His Majesty’s Signet to upper and lower boards to both volumes, spines bound in 20th-century sheep, spines gilt with maroon morocco labels, corners bumped, wear to extremities, 4to, plusGranville (Augustus Bozzi). The Spas of Germany..., 2 volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1837, 11 views, 6 engraved maps (including 2 folding), contemporary half-calf, gilt spines, double morocco labels, corners bumped, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plusSherer (Joseph Moyle). Notes and Reflections during a Ramble in Germany..., 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826, contemporary half calf, blind and gilt-stamped spine, morocco label, 8vo, plusEdmondston (Arthur). A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands...., 2 volumes bound as 1, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809, frontispiece map, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, modern cloth binding, gilt spine and morocco label, 8vo, andForsyth (Joseph). Remarks on Antiquities, Arts, and Letters during an Excursion in Italy in the years 1802 and 1803..., 2nd Edition, London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1816, previous owner contemporary manuscript inscription to fly leaf, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt borders to boards, gilt decorated spines with morocco title label, gilt turn-ins, slight sunning, boards slightly rubbed, 8vo QTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Edmondston (Arthur).

Illuminated Manuscript. Dies Irae, [England, mid 19th century], finely illuminated manuscript on rectos of 22 leaves, comprising the first leaf in red and black without illumination with a quotation from 2 Peter 3, a large illuminated monogram, 'H.S.M.', 19 illuminated leaves containing the text of Dies Irae, the final leaf with pen and ink decorations to recto and verso including the monogram 'WCL' and the motto 'Prospice, prospice', the whole interleaved with laid paper leaves (watermarked J. Whatman, 1846), gilt-gauffered edges, contemporary blue velvet over boards with decorative gilt bosses and clasp, gilt-decorated vellum doublures, the upper pastedown with burgundy bookplate of W. A. Foyle, frayed along upper joint with a little wear to spine ends and lower joint, small 4to (200 x 162 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Presumably the book was illuminated by W.C.L. for H.S.M. (or other permutations of these initials) as they appear in the monograms.

Sala (George Augustus, 1828-1895). Life and Adventures, 2 volumes, London: Cassell & Company, 1895. Extra-illustrated and extended by A. M. Broadley [and retitled]: The Story of George Augustus Sala. His World, Ways, and Writings, as Related in his own Life and Adventures. Enlarged and Extra-Illustrated by the Addition and Insertion of Many Holograph Letters of the Author, his Friends and Contemporaries, Together with an Extensive Collection of Portraits, Views, Etc., 9 volumes, The Knapp, Bradpole, Dorsetshire, 1902, with approximately 300 mostly autograph letters signed by musicians and composers, writers and artists, actors and theatre professionals, royalty and politicians, etc., including Nicolo Paganini, Franz Liszt, Gaetano Donizetti, Daniel Auber, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Maria Malibran, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Robert Browning, Mark Twain (last page of a letter), Charles Lever, Charles Reade, Pierce Egan, Emile Zola (letter on a visiting card), Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas (Senior and Junior), Charles Kingsley, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, George Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank, Charles Landseer, Walter Jerrold, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Mazzini, King William IV, Queen Adelaide, Napoleon III, Queen Isabella of Spain, Isma’il Pasha, Pope Gregory XVI (signature only), John Franklin, Frederick Burnaby, P. T. Barnum, T. F. Bayard, Alexis Soyer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Lady Blessington, Madame Pleyel, Samuel Parr, Henry Mayhew, Fanny Kemble, Adelina Patti, Dion Boucicault, Lucia Vestris, William Maginn, Eugene Sue, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Gull, Antonio Panizzi, George Hudson, etc., and including approximately 36 Autograph Letters Signed and two Manuscripts from George Sala, (many to Macaulay), plus a few drawings and watercolours, numerous engraved and lithographic portraits and views, all tipped in or hinged with clear tape (now dried and browned but largely not affecting letter contents and autographs), the text heavily underscored for the purposes of identifying subjects to extra illustrate, the ninth volume being an enlarged, new manuscript index of names and places taking account of the autographs and illustrations and with an introduction by the compiler and indexer A. M. Broadley, the original printed index bound at end, bookplates of Broadley and W. A. Foyle, manuscript indexes of autograph material inserted at front of each volume (with a few discrepancies for items no longer present), top edges gilt, contemporary green half morocco gilt over boards, rubbed and some scuffing, spines and some corners darkened, 8vo (220 x 145 mm)QTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: A. M. Broadley (bookplates); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).An extraordinary example of book grangerisation by the notable exponent, Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916), also known as Broadley Pasha. Broadley was a British barrister, author, company promoter and social figure. He is best known for being the defence lawyer for Ahmed 'Urabi after the failure of the 'Urabi Revolt. Following a colourful life he spent his last fifteen years devoted to writing and book collecting. He made significant acquisitions of manuscript material, accumulating original letters and documents, some of which he relates in his book Chats on Autographs. His library included 135 works he had ‘grangerised’ by adding additional illustrations, which then amounted to about 600 volumes. While some of the autograph letters listed in the manuscript indexes at the front of each volume have since disappeared (notably Oscar Wilde and Hester Piozzi), the majority are still present and appear to have largely remained undisturbed in the Foyle Library for many decades.Among the more notable autographs present are:Daniel Auber (1782-1871), French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Auber’, Monday 5 June, no year, to an unidentified person, telling him that he begins at the Conservatoire at 9:30am each day and wondering if the correspondent might come to meet him between 10am and 12 midday, 1 page, small 8voPhineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), American showman, businessman and politician. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘ P. T. Barnum’, Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue, London, 8 March 1890, to Colonel Routledge, accepting a lunch invitation for himself and his wife the following day, 1 page on hotel letterhead, 8vo Robert Browning (1812-1889), English poet and playwright. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Robert Browning’, 19 Warwick Crescent, [London], 12 November 1880, a brief note to Mrs Stanley saying he will be delighted to dine with her on the 20th, 1 page, 8voIsambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), British civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘I. K. Brunel’, Friday, no date, to an unidentified recipient, a brief note wondering if he might call to ask his opinion on something of no importance for two minutes, 2 pages with integral blank leaf, 16moSamuel Langhorne Clemens (1809-1894), known by the pen name Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, essayist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Postscript from an Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Twain’, no date, c. 1872, to an unknown recipient, in full: ‘P.S. Since penning the foregoing, the Atlantic has come to hand with that most thoroughly and entirely satisfactory notice of Roughing It [published 1872], in it; and I am as uplifted and reassured by it as a mother who has given birth to a white baby when she was awfully afraid it was going to be a mulatto. — I have been afraid and shaky all along; but now, unless the N[ew] Y[ork] Tribune gives the book a black eye, I am all right. With many thanks, yours, Twain’, ruled paper, 1 page, 8voWilliam Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), English novelist and playwright. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Wilkie Collins’, 90 Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, 10 March 1879, to H. Herman, with an apology, ‘having acted in this matter in perfect good faith, under the impression that Mr Davenport was treating with me in your behalf…’, 1 page, 8voCharles Dickens (1812-1870), English novelist and social critic. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Charles Dickens’, Devonshire Terrace, 3 April 1857, to Manby [Charles Manby, 1804-84, Secretary to the Institution of Civil Engineers 1839-1856; sometime involved with the management of the Adelphi and Haymarket Theatres], in response to his enquiry and saying that [?]Jerdan had written to him mentioning names and asking if he would be a committee member, saying that he would, but that he thinks it should not be made a public matter, but research for the committee alone, 2 pages on rectos of a bifolium, 8vo For more details on the remaining autographs, please visit our website www.dominicwinter.co.uk.

Manuscript Geography. A New Treatise on Geography and Astronomy, manuscript, c. 1800, 174 pages including 25 pen and ink maps and illustrations, a few part folding, final sundial diagram lacking volvelle, a little scattered soiling and a few closed tear repairs to versos of a few folds, lower margin of part-folding map of Africa torn with some loss, some leaves watermarked 1794, armorial bookplate of Reginald W. Mapleton and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle to front pastedown, early 20th-century quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, small 4to (197 x 165 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Reginald W. Mapleton (bookplate); 'From Auntie Evelyn Peck & family, Sicklefield, Wigan, 1902, to Alfred Ellison' (manuscript note); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The maps are: double hemisphere of the world (with Australia); Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and South America (with Australia).

[Pape, Libertus de]. Summaria Cronologia Insignis Ecclesiae Parchensis Ordinis Praemonstratensis sitae prope muros oppidi Lovaniensis ex archivo dictae Ecclesiae in ordinem redacta per F. L. D. P. S. T. L. ejustdem Ecclesiae Canoneum professum, 1st and only edition, Leuven: Petri Sasseni, 1662, title with woodcut device, title repaired, some browning and spotting throughout, later annotations to front endpaper verso, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, upper cover warped, some soiling, contained in a later half maroon morocco slipcase, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle (bookplate).First and only edition of the history of the Premonstratensian Park Abbey at Heverlee, near Leuven in Belgium.

Wright (Thomas). The History and Topography of the County of Essex, 2 volumes bound in 10, London: George Virtue, 1831-35, Extra Illustrated containing approximately 1273 plates and original illustrations (including the original plates and folding map, plus Suckling's Antiquities of Suffolk, 1845, Views of Churches, Castles, Mansions, monuments, Seals, Antiquities, &c., of which 423 are original drawings coloured in sepia, many mounted), two original engraved titles, additional letterpress title to each bearing the wood engraved armorial of William Boyne F. S. A. (dated 1860), with place and date at foot of each 'Chelsea, 1865', manuscript explanatory leaves to first volume and manuscript plate lists at front of each volume, occasional light toning and scattered spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, late 19th-century brown half morocco, elaborate gilt decorated spines, 4to QTY: (10)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).The first volume includes an explanatory leaf regarding the composition of the set, written by William Boyne (1815-1893), 'I cannot learn positively who made the drawings in this book, but I have been told that they were principally done by Mr. Thomas Johnson son of the Lord Mayor in 1841. Mr Johnson lived at Upminster near Hornchurch..., he died in 1861. I bought the collection by auction at Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, [as 2 volumes and drawings in 9 portfolios]. Since the purchase I have had most of the pencil drawings coloured with sepia, the artist dying before the whole were completed. I have also added many other illustrations, as well as arranged the whole series, which were a complete confusion. Chelsea July 1865, Wm. Boyne'. The explanation continues 'A Collection of the History of Essex by Thomas Wright, as now arranged in 10 volumes. The plates are amongst the illustrations; as well as Suckling's Memorials of Essex; and all the additional plates'.William Boyne F.S.A. (1815 -1893) of Leeds was a collector of books particularly relating to Yorkshire and a noted numismatist. He was the author of The Yorkshire Library: a bibliographical account of books on topography ... relating to the County of York, published London, 1869 and Tokens issued in the seventeenth century in England, Wales and Ireland, published London, 1858 and several other books regarding tokens and coins. Part of his library was sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 12 March 1867, his books & book prints on 26 November 1868 and Yorkshire library on 11 December 1873.

* James I. The Great Seal of King James VI of Scotland and I of England, appended to a vellum document, 22 May 1604, Latin manuscript granting a general pardon to Sir Richard Halsewell, calligraphic initials and decorative ascenders to upper margin, 51 x 71 cm, brown wax impression of the Great Seal appended, rubbed and slightly misshapen, chipped at lower edge of reverse beneath the figure of a dog, together with a group of 12 other assorted vellum deeds relating to property and lands in Essex in the period of King James I, varied sizes and condition, a few with wax seals or remains of seals appendedQTY: (13)

To Be Sold With No ReserveA calligraphy panel, Iran, 20th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, with 6ll. of black nasta'liq text on a floral ground, 80 x 65cm. Condition Report: Warped. Corners lacking or heavily scuffed. Edges scuffed with numerous losses. Burgundy borders stained. Text panel and illumination clean.

A Qur'an Juz',China, 19th century,Ḥā’ Mīm (حم), Arabic manuscript on paper, 54pp., 4fl., 5ll. of black sini script to the page, the opening bi-folio with 3ll. of similar script to each text panel, the polychrome illumination consisting of interlocked semi-circle on a ground of peonies and quatrefoils within lozenges, headings in red ink within double red rules, black quartered gold lobed roundel verse markers, text block separated, stamped brown morocco binding, possibly married,25.5 x 20.5cm. Condition Report: The text bloc is loose. The folios are scuffed with lacking or damaged corners. The lower corners are overall very tarnished and stained. The last folios show some tears to their edges. The folios stained and pitted overall. Some smudging and superficial tear do affect the text in scattered occasions. The cover is warped and shows fold marks. It is also repaired from tears.This lot would benefit from further attention to improve its condition.

Property from a Private London Collection,A diwan, Mughal India, late 18th century, by different authors, Persian manuscript on paper, 36ff., 4fl, 16ll. or over of black nasta’liq text or 6ll. arranged in four columns, with verse divisions in red, the opening bi-folio with illuminated frames of blue and gold repeating lobed medallions, the reverse with seal impression in black ink, the other folios with gilt latticed margins, some worming, in a modern black binding, folio 25.6 x 16.4cm.

A detached Qur'an folio,India, 16th century or later,Arabic manuscript on paper, 11ll. of Bihari script in black ink to the page, the word "Allah" highlighted in gold, added blue, orange, green and gold marginal marker, catchword in black ink to bottom left,  in red and blue rules, trimmed, water stained, mountedthe folio 33 x 25.5cm., with mount 45.7 x 35.8cm.Condition Report: Trimmed. Right corners scuffed or lacking. Pitted overall. Folio extensively water stained to its edges and marginal areas. Text panel relatively clean showing some smudging. The marker a later addition.

To Be Sold With No ReserveA Quran,Central Asia, 19th century or later,Arabic manuscript on paper, 487 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in black naskh, ruled back, surahs title written in red, verses marked by red dots and verse markers in the margins in various colour, the end of surah al-Kahf (XVIII) with a polychrome decoration, an unfinished polychrome bifolio with only the right-hand side remaining, marking the middle of the volume, the beginning missing, the text starting at surah al-Baqarah (II), v.10, in a yellow textile binding , folio 35 x 22cm.Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970s Condition Report: Condition report: In fair condition, incomplete, the beginning of the text is missing, various stains throughout and traces of mould, occasional tears, the leather binding with a later glued cover, various smudges and minor later annotations, the illumination unfinished, a Russian stamp impression possibly reading фагаровской (?).   

A Mamluk legal document, Near East, Dated 13 Jumada 921AH / 25 July 1515AD, probably an endowment, Arabic manuscript on paper, the text in black tawqi' script, headings in large black thuluth, authentication signatures along each joining seam, dated within the text, further authentication signatures at end, 595cm. x 37.5cm. Provenance: Christies 7 October 2011, Lot 22; Property from a Private UK Collection formed in the 1960s-70s.

Two Qur'an folios in Eastern' kufic, Qur'an III, sura al-'umran, vv.116-133, Iran or Iraq, 11th-12th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, each with 17ll. of elegant black 'eastern' kufic, diacritics in black, reading marks in green and red, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, the two consecutive folios mounted together to form a long panel, gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions cut out and laid down at top and bottom probably from the original manuscript, laid down on card within later gold illuminated margins, mounted, framed and glazed together in one frame, text 60.9 x 21.5cm.; folio 69.3 x 32.4cm.Two folios from the same Qur'an are in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection (François Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Oxford, 1992, cat.95, pp.178-179). The style of script is identified as New Style 1 by Déroche. For a discussion on this style see Déroche, op.cit., pp.132-135. Interestingly, the two Khalili folios are mounted in a similar fashion to the present folios: juxtaposed, with marginal medallions stuck in the upper and lower margins and which suggests that they come from the same source.Condition Report: Folios trimmed, cut to fit and laid. Browned paper. Water stained overall. The edges and corners in poor condition. Repaired and restored. Occasional smudging. Some losses to pigment, ink and gilt decoration. tear and losses to paper, especially to the lower folio. All illumination - roundels above and cartouches below- are cut-outs and additions. 

An Amharic manuscript,Northeast Africa, 19th Century,Black and red ink text on vellum, opening folio with red and black swirling pattern over a rectangular cartouche, wood boards clad in brown leather, with fabric protective cover,17.5 x14.5cm.Condition Report: The text bloc has been trimmed throughout. The folios do show expected wear, burnishing and tarnishing to their edges, corners and lower sections. Pitting shows mostly on the upper edges of the folios. Most folios show pinhole perforation to their marginal areas.  The text is clean overall. The text bloc is secure within the covers. The cloth cover, stained.

Six calligraphic album pages in fine nasta'liq script,Persia, or perhaps Deccan, late 16th-17th century,comprising exercises in various letters and the methods of joining them to other letters, Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, each page consisting of two lines of text written in fine, large nasta'liq script in black ink, inner margins ruled in gold, blue and red, laid down on marbled borders, the six mounted, framed and glazed together, album pages 10 x 17.5cm.; frame 99 x 35.5 cm. Footnotes: The calligraphic pages are exercises on writing the letters ba, 'ayn, ta, ha, fa and mim, and the various shapes they can take when joined with other letters. At least five letters (jim, sin, sad, kaf, lam) are missing from this demonstration of letters, bearing in mind that many letters have the same shape (such as ba, ta, tha, pe, jim, che, ha, kha) and are only distinguishable by the number of dots placed above or below them, and that there are also a few that cannot be joined up with the letters following them (such as dal, ra, waw).Condition Report: All the panels are stained and pitted especially the second. third and fourth. A crease affects the first line of the fourth. The fifth shows darker stains and a light crease above both lines, especially the first. A defect in the paper affects both lines. The sixth shows more noticeable brushstroke like staining to the upper left corner.

To Be Sold With No ReserveFive folios from a Safavid Qur'an, Iran, late 16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, double-sided, each with 10ll. of bold black naskh within orange, blue and gold outer rule, with gold rosette verse markers, polychrome and gold medallions, mounted, folio 34 x 23cm. (5).Provenance: Property from a Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970sCondition Report: Corners present but scuffed, sometimes repaired and restored. The edges are in good condition overall. Some water staining mostly affecting the folio's upper marginal areas. Some staining and pitting. Some smudging to the text which, overall, remains clean. One folio with an interlinear addition, now erased or smudged out. 

To be Sold Without Reserve,Two Jain folios, probably Gujarat, North-West India, 16th-19th century, the first folio unmounted and with tantric circles, 23 x 11cm.; and the other from a manuscript, comprising 13 lines of text divided in three panels and with red circles, mounted, glazed and framed, 25.2 x 11cm. (2)

To Be Sold With No ReserveFour detached folios from a Safavid manuscript with added later illustrations, Iran, 16th century and 20th century, ink and opaque pigments on paper, one folio with a colophon dated 995AH/1586AD, 28.2 x 18cm. (4)Condition Report: Edges and corners scuffed, fritted. Some corners lacking. Some edges with losses, torn. The paper has browned. Stains and pitting in places. the gutter edge of each folio is repaired and restored or replaced. Scattered losses to colour pigments. Repaints overall. Some paintings affected by losses, creases and staining - some repaired, patched -. Ink corrosion through paper leading to splits. Poor condition overall.

To Be Sold With No ReserveTwo calligraphic folios from a Qur'an, Iran, 14th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, with 7ll. of sepia naskh with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, in double-sided mounts, visible 25 x 15.5cm. (2)

To Be Sold With No ReserveA group of calligraphies, Iran and India, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, comprising two in shikasteh script, one dated 1185AH, a bifolio from a Mughal qur'an, a nasta'liq panel in cloud bands on gold ground, signed Ad'af al-Baqa al-Musawi, mounted, framed and glazed, largest folio 30.5 x 38cm. (4) Condition Report: Unexamined out of frame; 

To Be Sold with No ReserveTen leaves from a manuscript of the Qur'an in Bihari script, Sultanate India, 15th-16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 11 lines to the page written in clear Bihari script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, gold rosettes decorated with blue and red dots between verses, inner margins ruled in blue and red, occasional smudging, repaired tear to one leaf, mounted, 33.7 x 25.5cm. (10).Text: sura II, al-Baqarah, The Heifer, part of verse 74 to part of verse 118.Provenance: Private UK collection formed in the 1960s and 1970s Condition Report: Trimmed. Trim lines often not perpendicular. Restored, sometimes extensively. Water stained. Occasionally pitted. Minute losses or perforations, perhaps worm holes. Text panels : overall fairly clean. Scattered stains. Smudged. Some affected by tears which have been repaired (patched). 

A Qur'an Juz',China, 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 50. ff, 2fl., 5ll. of sini script per page, the illuminated opening bifolio with peonies scroll works, the right text panel with 2ll of black sini script under an opening in red ink, left text panel with 3ll. of similar script, covers in modern black cloth,27.5 x 21cm. Condition Report: The folios are possibly trimmed, stained and pitted overall with occasional marks of repair such as patches. Their corners and edges are scuffed. The lower third of the opening bifolio is heavily stained. The text panels are otherwise clean overall only affected by very occasional smudging. The modern black cloth over the cover is stained.This lot would benefit from further attention to improve its condition.

To Be Sold With No ReserveAn illustrated leaf from a Hindu religious manuscript, one scene depicting Krishna and Yashoda, Jaipur, second half of the 19th century,opaque pigments and silver on paper, two illustrations, 23 lines of text written in nagari script in black ink, red and yellow margin rules,30.5 x 27.8cm.Provenance: Bonhams London 2021 Islamic and Indian Art Online Sale, Lot 222

A group of 11 Qur'an sections (juz), from various 30-part sets, China, 19th century and earlier, Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising: Juz 30, 50ff., with 5ll. of black Sini script per page, illuminated opening bifolio, unbound, 22.5 x 16.7cm.; Juz 19, 54ff., with 5ll. of black Sini script per page, illuminated opening bifolio, brown leather binding with flap and tooled work, 22.5 x 18cm.; Juz 16, 54ff., with 5ll. of black Sini script per page, in paper binding, 27 x 19.5cm.; Juz 21, 56ff., with 5ll. of bold black Sini script per page with gold rosette verse markers, opening and closing bifolio with illumination, folio loose from binding, board covered with brown leather binding with scalloped edge flap, 28 x 19.5cm.; Juz 26, 56ff., with 5ll of black Sini script per page, opening bifolio with illuminated decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flap, 26.5 x 19.5cm.; Juz 21, 58ff., with 5ll. of black Sini script per page, opening bifolio with illumination and dampstaining, in brown tooled binding, 25.6 x 19cm.; Juz 16, 53ff., with 5ll. of black Sini script per page with gold rosette verse markers, opening bifolo with illuminated decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flap, 26.5 x 19cm.; Juz 22, 57ff., with 5ll. of  black Sini script per page, opening bifolio with illuminated decoration, in tooled brown leather binding with flap, 26.5 x 19cm.; and three others (11)

Metal cased drum shaped travelling clock with grey hammered finish, French clockwork movement and stitched leather outer case with shoulder strap; bears manuscript label 'Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment - serial no.09433' D13cm overallCondition Report:Looks to be reasonably good for age and use but working condition unknown.

Early 20th century Continental School - watercolour of a Munich street scene entitled verso 'Markttag direkt an der Marienplatz', further manuscript inscription verso 'Eine ruhige Eike des alten Münchens'; signed lower left with initials A.H.; unframed in later mount 28.5 x 20cm. Auctioneer's Note: This painting bears similarities to the work of the young Adolf Hitler during his fifteen month stay in Munich before WWI. Various views of the Marienplatz were painted by Adolf Hitler during this period all signed with his initials and of a similar size and palette. Sold with photocopies of comparable paintings.Condition Report: Please note this painting is NOT being attributed to Adolf Hitler but we draw the attention of prospective purchasers to the similarities with his work of this period.Reasonably good condition with minor foxing to the backboard.The two manuscript inscriptions verso appear to be in two different hands.

Mid-19th century percussion rifle by Geo. Forrest & Sons of Jedburgh No.844, 79cm octagonal barrel (approx .45 bore) with folding foresight, the lock plate with dolphin hammer finely engraved with a tiger and a stag, trigger guard engraved with hounds chasing a stag, figured walnut half stock with chequered grip and original ramrod 121cm overall; with framed photograph of original owner Dr. A.B. Dresser and archive of related ephemera including manuscript letter from the makers to Dr. Dresser regarding the sight specifications.Condition Report:Looks to be in good condition consistent with age and use.

Steinbeck (John) Autograph Manuscript draft of "Preface" for The Short Novels of John Steinbeck, collected as "My Short Novels," 4 pp. only (lacking final leaf), lower left corner bumped to all leaves, toning at extremities, small folio, 1953.*** At the request of Viking in 1953, John Steinbeck yielded to the prospect of revisiting his short novels – The Red Pony, Tortilla Flat, Of Mice and Men, The Moon is Down, Cannery Row, and The Pearl – to reissue them in a collected anthology.He begins this draft "I have never written a preface to one of my books before, believing that the work should stand on its own feet even if its ankles were slightly wobbly. When I was asked to comment on the five short novels of this volume, my first impulse was to refuse. And then, thinking over the things that have happened to these stories since they were written, I was taken with the idea that the things that happen to a book are very like those that happen to a man." The commissioned preface goes on to describe the personal nature of each work, the all-absorbing creative process, and the feeling of loss after finishing a book, only to be forgotten as a new work consumes him.The text of the present manuscript closely aligns with the published essay, but with some substantive deviations: the initial "five short novels" evolves into "six short novels," and most notably, Steinbeck’s more self-deprecating tone in this draft is later excised. For example, an entire and more effuse section which leads into his discussion of the works is cut from the final version: "... all of [my novels] have been experiments. That is why no two are remotely alike. And experiments are rarely accepted all at once. / My stories have been slow starters almost like shy young men who do not make friends quickly. Indeed most of my books have succeeded without trying in making quick and fierce enemies at first. It is pleasing to me that in time they do make lasting and loyal friends."Steinbeck first discusses The Red Pony, "written a long time ago when there was desolation in my family. The first death had occurred—and the family which every child believes immortal, was shattered." Facing challenges in publication, it finally found a home in the North American Review for a modest $90 (see lot 120), only to see the magazine going under shortly thereafter. Transitioning to Tortilla Flat, Steinbeck recounts its controversial reception in Monterey, where readers denounced the work, stating "no such disreputable people lived in that neighborhood" - a statement (though seemingly damning) that would unwittingly boost book sales. He also describes the precarious genesis Of Mice and Men: "I had nearly finished it when my setter pup ate it one night—literally made confetti of it. I had to start fresh. I don't know how close the first and second versions would prove to be."Steinbeck curiously deems his shorter works as “exercises for the longer ones”, and throughout World War II, he crafted The Moon is Down “as a kind of celebration of the durability of Democracy", musing on his portrayal of Germans as "men, not supermen". The final version goes on to discuss Cannery Row and The Pearl, which takes up half a printed page (and not present in this manuscript). In a letter to David Heyler dated August [1953], Steinbeck mentions writing a preface to the anthology as one of the projects he is currently working on (see note to lot 120 for details on Heyler).Overall a fantastic piece of Steinbeck’s work in manuscript form, and a unique example of his quintessential self-deprecatory tone.Provenance: The Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection.

London.- Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, large bound wall map of London, composite collection from the first and second editions, 23 sheets only (of 32, lacking sheets A4, B2-B3, C2, D2, E3-E4, F3-F4, G3-G4, H3-H4), presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings on various cream wove papers, some with watermarks 'Horwood's Map of London', each individual sheets approx. 560 x 650 mm (22 x 25 1/2 in), or smaller with some sheets trimmed, some on stubs, some loose, scattered surface dirt, occasional nicks to extremities, later half calf, covers detached, lacking spine, manuscript inscription to upper cover, very worn, elephant folio, [cf. Howgego 200], [c.1792-1807]*** The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.

Rome.- Vasi (Giuseppe) Delle Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna, vol. 4 & 5 only (of 10), first edition, titles with engraved vignette, 35 engraved plates & 14 illustrations, a few plates numbered in manuscript, 2 plates to vol. 5 with horizontal and vertical printer's crease replaced in pen facsimile, spotting throughout, sometimes heavy, light offsetting, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt, covers with central onlaid arms, some portions of wear, rubbed at extremities, still a handsome set, oblong 4to, Rome, 1754.

Spain, Hellin.- Loustau (Juan Bautista) Disertacion Historico-Fisica Natural sobre las Minas de Azufre de la Villa de Hellin, Thomas Phillipps' copy with his Middle Hill ink stamp and accession no. on fly-leaf, manuscript in Spanish, 76pp., 3 sepia watercolours (1 folding), slightly browned, original patterned calf, gilt, rubbed, paper label with manuscript title on spine, Phillipps no. 4192, sm. 4to, 1768. *** An account of the sulphur mines of Hellin in the province of Murcia, dating back to Roman times and acquired by Philip II for the manufacture of gunpowder.

Celestial atlas.- Gallucci (Giovanni Paolo) Theatrum mundi, et temporis, first edition, first issue, title with woodcut printer's device, 144 astronomical illustrations, of which 31 (of 51) with volvelles (some skilfully restored with facsimile elements; some possibly from other copies), additional f. after Mm4 showing the constellation Cepheus, folding letterpress table and errata f. at end, woodcut head and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional extensive 18th century Italian manuscript notes, including to verso of title, partially erased small ink stamp to title, sig. Ooo at end misbound, some foxing and staining, lightly browned, later endpapers, recased in contemporary limp vellum, splits to joints, but holding firm, a few small repairs, some staining, [Adams G168; Houzeau & Lancaster 2725; Mortimer Italian 206; Riccardi I, 568; Tomash & Williams G24; Warner 91; EDIT 16 CNCE 20287], 4to, Venice, Giovanni Battista Somasco, 1588. *** The first celestial atlas to use Copernican co-ordinates. 'There are 48 woodcut maps of the Ptolemaic constellations, each of which is preceded by a catalogue of the included stars identifying position within the constellation, latitude and longitude (in degrees and minutes), magnitude, and nature ... The longitudes on Gallucci's catalog and on his map are those published by Copernicus in De Revolutionibus (1543)' (Warner). Gallucci (1538- c.1621) was a private tutor to the Venetian nobility and founding member of the Second Venetian Academy. 

West Indies.- Wilkinson (Robert) Atlas of the West-Indies, composite atlas with manuscript title and contents, 28 engraved maps and charts on 32 sheets, with four maps divided into North and South sheet sections, all with hand-colouring, many folding, various sizes between 490 x 620 mm (19 1/4 x 24 3/8 in) and the largest single map approx. 1640 x 940 mm (64 1/2 x 37 in), all with discolouration and browning to green copper pigment used, some splitting to old folds, numerous handling creases throughout, rather heavy surface dirt, half calf, spine with title 'Atlas of West Indies', elephant folio (595 x 530 mm), [circa 1795-1815]*** Important publisher's composite atlas with numerous large and early maps of the West Indies, including:- Delarochette (Louis) A Map of North America and the West Indies, engraved map in two sections, [1795-1825] - Speer (John Joseph) A General Chart of the West Indies, engraved map, 1796- Lempriere (Charles) [Sea Chart of Bermuda], engraved map, 1738 [but probably later]- Jefferys (Thomas) Three sheets from the 'West India Atlas' [covering the Coast of Yucatan, Island of Cuba, and the Windward Passage], engraved map, [c. 1775 or slightly later]- Browne (Patrick) A New Map of Jamaica, engraved map, 1797- Faden (William) Isle of St. Domingo or Hispaniola, engraved map, 1796- Laurie & Whittle Turks Islands, engraved map, 1794- Richmond (M.) A Map of the Caribbee, Granadilles and Virgin Isles, 1789- Jefferys (Thomas) The Virgin Islands from English and Danish Surveys, 1794- Faden (William) The Island of St Eustatius corruptly St Eustatia, 1795- Baker (Samuel) A New and Exact Map of the Island of St. Christopher in America, 1753- Baker (Robert) A New and Exact Map of the Island of Antigua in America, 1748- Jefferys (Thomas) Guadaloupe Done from Actual Surveys and Observations of the English, 1794- Jeffreys (Thomas) Martinico, 1794- Jefferys (Thomas) St. Lucia, 1794- Mayo (William) A New and Exact Map of the Barbadoes in America- Byres (John) ... His Majesty's Island of Dominica ..., 1794- Byres (John) Plan of the Island of Bequia, 1776 [but 1794]- Paterson (Lieut. Daniel) A New Plan of the Island of Grenada, 1796- Byres (John) Plan of the Island of Tobago, 1794- Delarochette (Louis) The Coast of Guyana, 1783- Anderson (John) Chart of the River and Sea Coast of the Colony of Demerary..., - Jefferys (Thomas) Curacao from the Dutch Originals..., c. 1795- Jefferys (Thomas) Ruatan or Rattan..., 1794- Faden (William) A Map of a Part of Yucatan or of that Part of the Eastern Shore within the Bay of Honduras Alloted to Great Britain for the Cutting of Logwood, 1787- Kitchin (Thomas) South America with Its Several Divisions, 1794 

Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopiæ, sive linguæ latinæ commentarii, [edited by Aldus Manutius], first Aldine edition, collation: [aa-ee6] a-z A-H10 I12, 352 ff., the last blank, 59 lines, Roman letter and a little Greek, initial on a1 in red and blue, the others in red, some underlining in red or black, contemporary and later ink marginalia in several hands, occasionally in red, marginal repairs, mostly at beginning and end, H1 neat short split just within text at inner margin, without loss, f4 and k8 piece from lower blank corner, final blank repaired, mostly marginal water-staining, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, leaves from ?14th century hymnal used as pastedowns, fragments of 15th century rubricated manuscript used in binding, ornately blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, including various flowers and dragons in triangular borders and large and small rosettes in circular borders, spine in compartments, metal clasps, repaired with some loss to pigskin, mostly on lower cover, stained, rubbed, folio (318 x 214mm.; binding 334 x 230mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, July, 1499. *** A great Aldine rarity at auction. The first Aldine and best edition of this monumental work on the language and literature of classical Rome. It is written in the form of a commentary on the epigrams of Martial. The first edition was edited by the author's nephew Pyrrho Perotti and Lodovico Odaxio, from whom there are two letters at the beginning of our edition.  Provenance: Father Labe, S.J., 1698. Literature: Ahmanson-Murphy 32; BMC V, 561; Goff P-296; H 12706*; Bod-inc P-107; BSB-Ink P-221; GW M31090; Renouard 19:2; ISTC ip00296000.